Today is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. Here in the Big Easy, the weather is very overcast (not a hint of blue at all in the sky), about 59 degrees with a 60% chance of rain. Not good for the revellers and float riders today. But no matter what the streets along the parade routes will be packed, as will Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, and the CBD. Also, for those who need to get their daily gambling fix, the casinos will also be packed. Oh, and one more place...the bars. Many of the female set will be showing their breasts of all sizes (and occasionally more) along Bourbon Street. Gonna be a fun day, but most will be getting their ashes tomorrow, Ash Wednesday (NO is a very Catholic city). Yinzers might wanna come down for Mardi Gras sometime.

Big Easy Pens Fan wrote:Today is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. Here in the Big Easy, the weather is very overcast (not a hint of blue at all in the sky), about 59 degrees with a 60% chance of rain. Not good for the revellers and float riders today. But no matter what the streets along the parade routes will be packed, as will Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, and the CBD. Also, for those who need to get their daily gambling fix, the casinos will also be packed. Oh, and one more place...the bars. Many of the female set will be showing their breasts of all sizes (and occasionally more) along Bourbon Street. Gonna be a fun day, but most will be getting their ashes tomorrow, Ash Wednesday (NO is a very Catholic city). Yinzers might wanna come down for Mardi Gras sometime.

It's so silly. If people want to have a blow-out party, then, by all means, they should do it. Have a GREAT time. But don't couch it in religious terms.

It's pretty stupid that people seem to think that they can sin and sin and sin for two weeks yet are somehow sacrificing SO MUCH FOR JESUS by giving up milk chocolate for forty days or not eating red meat for a few Fridays in a row.

Big Easy Pens Fan wrote:Today is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. Here in the Big Easy, the weather is very overcast (not a hint of blue at all in the sky), about 59 degrees with a 60% chance of rain. Not good for the revellers and float riders today. But no matter what the streets along the parade routes will be packed, as will Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, and the CBD. Also, for those who need to get their daily gambling fix, the casinos will also be packed. Oh, and one more place...the bars. :face: Many of the female set will be showing their breasts of all sizes (and occasionally more) :D along Bourbon Street. Gonna be a fun day, but most will be getting their ashes tomorrow, Ash Wednesday (NO is a very Catholic city). :roll: Yinzers might wanna come down for Mardi Gras sometime.

It's so silly. If people want to have a blow-out party, then, by all means, they should do it. Have a GREAT time. But don't couch it in religious terms.

It's pretty stupid that people seem to think that they can sin and sin and sin for two weeks yet are somehow sacrificing SO MUCH FOR JESUS by giving up milk chocolate for forty days or not eating red meat for a few Fridays in a row.

Big Easy Pens Fan wrote:Today is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. Here in the Big Easy, the weather is very overcast (not a hint of blue at all in the sky), about 59 degrees with a 60% chance of rain. Not good for the revellers and float riders today. But no matter what the streets along the parade routes will be packed, as will Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, and the CBD. Also, for those who need to get their daily gambling fix, the casinos will also be packed. Oh, and one more place...the bars. Many of the female set will be showing their breasts of all sizes (and occasionally more) along Bourbon Street. Gonna be a fun day, but most will be getting their ashes tomorrow, Ash Wednesday (NO is a very Catholic city). Yinzers might wanna come down for Mardi Gras sometime.

It's so silly. If people want to have a blow-out party, then, by all means, they should do it. Have a GREAT time. But don't couch it in religious terms.

It's pretty stupid that people seem to think that they can sin and sin and sin for two weeks yet are somehow sacrificing SO MUCH FOR JESUS by giving up milk chocolate for forty days or not eating red meat for a few Fridays in a row.

There's a HUUUUUGGGEEEE difference between people partying hard on Mardi Gras and people who identify themselves with the Lenten tradition.

It's a similar concept to St. Patrick's Day: It started as a religious celebration (in St. Patrick's case, it is the feast day of the Saint of that name) that people have bastardized into an excuse to drink their asses off, regardless of their affiliation with the religious group(s).

MRandall25 wrote:There's a HUUUUUGGGEEEE difference between people partying hard on Mardi Gras and people who identify themselves with the Lenten tradition.

It's a similar concept to St. Patrick's Day: It started as a religious celebration (in St. Patrick's case, it is the feast day of the Saint of that name) that people have bastardized into an excuse to drink their asses off, regardless of their affiliation with the religious group(s).

MRandall25 wrote:There's a HUUUUUGGGEEEE difference between people partying hard on Mardi Gras and people who identify themselves with the Lenten tradition.

It's a similar concept to St. Patrick's Day: It started as a religious celebration (in St. Patrick's case, it is the feast day of the Saint of that name) that people have bastardized into an excuse to drink their asses off, regardless of their affiliation with the religious group(s).

I'll do better than that. How about a video! But keep in mind, this is a "family atmosphere" video from a local TV station. I don't want to violate any forum rules. I'm sure there are plenty of "raw" videos on cell phones floating around New Orleans today.

Big Easy Pens Fan wrote:Today is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday. Here in the Big Easy, the weather is very overcast (not a hint of blue at all in the sky), about 59 degrees with a 60% chance of rain. Not good for the revellers and float riders today. But no matter what the streets along the parade routes will be packed, as will Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, and the CBD. Also, for those who need to get their daily gambling fix, the casinos will also be packed. Oh, and one more place...the bars. Many of the female set will be showing their breasts of all sizes (and occasionally more) along Bourbon Street. Gonna be a fun day, but most will be getting their ashes tomorrow, Ash Wednesday (NO is a very Catholic city). Yinzers might wanna come down for Mardi Gras sometime.

It's so silly. If people want to have a blow-out party, then, by all means, they should do it. Have a GREAT time. But don't couch it in religious terms.

It's pretty stupid that people seem to think that they can sin and sin and sin for two weeks yet are somehow sacrificing SO MUCH FOR JESUS by giving up milk chocolate for forty days or not eating red meat for a few Fridays in a row.

Actually I inserted the "Catholic city" part simply to show the irony of the whole Mardi Mardi Gras thing.